I decided i wanted to change from my FT02 to a small case again, i saw the Prodigy and instantly said to myself.. I WANT THAT!

I have called this "Simples" simply because i have decided that i will NOT be modding the case if i can absolutely help it, I may cut some grills out for better airflow but that will be the extent of modding.

I faced a problem though... Its M-ITX! So here is a list of parts i will be using for this build:

Anyone who is thinking of building Water cooling into this case please take note of the following warning:
The front cant accept a 230mm fan, So you may think it will accept a 200mm rad.. It can but you will loose the ability to keep the power switch and usb pcb on the side panel.
That is why i am using a 120mm in the back and a 240mm in the top.

Oh and also, a 140mm rad would fit fine at the back, i simply couldn't find one that was thin enough.

The case arrived and i started, Pics added

I jumped straight into it and mounted the rads with fans Pulling air from case to outside

rear fan had to be mounted on the outside, but this is not an issue as you cant see it.

Better view of the rads

My Leak test of the new rads, Left to do this for 12 hours

You can see here the SSD, Unfortunatly i am not happy with how close it sits to the floor

So i used Mobo Raisers to rise it up!

two big HDD's mounted and now the SSD is hidden

Hello SSD!

You will notice i have put the DvD drive cage back in... There is a reason for this as i will say in a mo. Look new mobo!

The cage is put back so that i can fit my Scythe fan controller, I like haveing the option for the fans to be off until absolutely required, this way when im working on some word document my pc is as slient as.. well silence...

This is how bad my desk gets when doing this!

And there is the Scythe!

PSU fitting time... Now I have a 1KW XFX Pro psu.. Its far to long for this case.

Because this PSU costs around £180 and its the only one i can find that has the ability to turn its PSU fan OFF = Silent i have to find a way:

just enough room for wires

me being me, i forgot about photoes from here.. and plumed it all up

Now that's as far as i have got. You may notice the lack of a very long and tall 7970.. That is because the Dual Link DVI port went faulty and i had to send it back to OCUK for replacement.

The reason i rushed this is because i have important uni work to do, my i7 2600k has an iGPU so i am using that for now.

Anyone who is thinking of building Water cooling into this case please take note of the following warning:
The front cant accept a 230mm fan, So you may think it will accept a 200mm rad.. It can but you will loose the ability to keep the power switch and usb pcb on the side panel.
That is why i am using a 120mm in the back and a 240mm in the top.

But of course this is true only in case you only use SSD which can be put on side panel.

PS: The only reason the side panels are swapped in my case is because the USB3 header cable is not long enough. Still waiting for http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005H2CIYW/ to show up in my country, as i refuse to pay 10 euro delivery fees for a 7 euro item .

But of course this is true only in case you only use SSD which can be put on side panel.

PS: The only reason the side panels are swapped in my case is because the USB3 header cable is not long enough. Still waiting for http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005H2CIYW/ to show up in my country, as i refuse to pay 10 euro delivery fees for a 7 euro item .

Hi

Have seen many people have the pcb issue. Bitfenix also state it on a forum that it conflics.

If it would have fit I would have purchased one.

If you can make it fit then please let me know

To poster with that lian li psu thing.. perfect idea I will look for one.

The reason why my 20cm radiator fits could be that the guy who did the loop for me drilled additional holes for the 20cm radiator, i can't think any other reason. But considering your post is in "case mod" category, i highly doubt drilling 4 holes would be too hard for you.